Dorsey v. State

Full title: DORSEY v. THE STATE

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia

Date published: Mar 27, 2000

272 Ga. 283 (Ga. 2000)

528 S.E.2d 257

Opinion

S00A0672.

DECIDED: MARCH 27, 2000

Appeal dismissed. All the Justices concur.

Duana R. Sanson, for appellant

J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Maria Murcier-Ashley, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Wylencia H. Monroe, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee

THOMPSON, Justice.

Defendant's counsel filed a suggestion of death, pointing out that defendant died in prison pending this appeal. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed as moot. Grogan v. State, 248 Ga. 312 ( 283 S.E.2d 899) (1981); Buttrum v. State, 248 Ga. 306 ( 283 S.E.2d 899) (1981); McClendon v. State, 220 Ga. App. 205 ( 469 S.E.2d 551) (1996).